Overall the unit is OK and looks good but some of the material is very thin. The instructions, illustrations, and the markings on the material are below average. Three of us were busy for two days putting the unit together and all of us are very handy. One of the three was busy those two days pulling the pieces and hardware required for the two assembliers. We have all done home remodeling, car repair, etc and one of the three is a mechanical engineer. I believe the assembly could be simplified in many ways. The important thing is that my three Grandson's love it. I would only recommend this unit to someone who is very handy, has several days to put it together and few good friends that could help.

This play set is a very big play set. Important one end of lumber is stamped with a ink part number to identify the part that goes with the manual. some of the stamps on the lumber were a little hard to make out, but with another set eyes helps. SO DO NOT LIKE THE LUMBER GET WET!!!. I had no problem with putting this play set together in 16 hrs. This play set came in four boxes each box weights about 200-225 lbs each. The best way to start is to inventory all boxes. While you are inventorying look for pieces that you need and put with each other. Do this will help a lot saves a lot of time

We set this playset up while our children were out of the house to surprise them, needless to say they were VERY thrilled when they came home to this new playset! They played on it all day for 3 days in a row!! We will definitely need to coat it with some type of sealer to help it last longer, but overall we love this playset.

We tried purchasing playset last year, but all the ones that we were interested in were sold out. I’m so glad we waited for this one. It includes all the features we were looking for and has something for both our 4 and 1.5 year old with room to grow. I expect the 4 year old can enjoy this for another 6+ years. My husband read many reviews before purchasing this and was a little concerned about the comments regarding confusing instructions. He is happy that we went with this one and has said multiple times that he doesn’t agree with those reviews. Yes, it took us close to 20 hours to put together, but the instructions were clear and easy to follow. We had no issues with missing or broken pieces.

We’ve had this playscape for about 8 months. Our 3 kids (4 and under) LOVE it and I know they’ll play on it for years and years to come. The instructions were straightforward and easy to follow. Definitely the best thing we’ve ever bought for our kids!

We bought two of these -- one for each set of grandchildren. I could not recommend it more highly. Quality product. For one we got professional installation, for the other a local handyman to help. Go with the professional installation! It was less expensive and took hours rather than days to complete. Your favorite kids will love this.

My wife and I bought this a year ago for our 3 kids, ages between 5 and 8. We spent about 30 hours assembling (60 man hours) and are moderately skilled. Instructions are straight forward, all parts included. Some of the biggest time consuming was digging through boxes looking for specific pieces of wood. The boxes are pretty heavy (there were 4 for us) so drop it as close as you can to where you plan to work. The first 5 or 6 hours were assembling things relatively small so we were able to do this in our garage. Was able to use a tall bar stool instead of a step ladder. Only fought once which is better than normal for projects for us, so would consider this low stress.

This is gigantic and awesome. I was a little hesitant that it would look ridiculous in our yard due to its size but it is not as ostentatious as I thought. It is well made, smells like cedar still two months later, and is a wonderful play set for my kiddo.

We LOVE our Sky Fort II playset. It has brought hours of fun for our 5 year old (and our 9 month old loves to swing in the baby swing we put up in place of one of the regular swings). It looks amazing and has so many fun features. Friends and cousins love coming to play on on backyard fort! We were looking for a playset that our kids would not outgrow in a couple of years and this one is a winner for sure.

very difficult to assemble.